Republican Platform Республіканська платформа | |
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| Leader | Oleh Pavlyshyn |
| Founded | 1990 (1990)[1][2] |
| Ideology | Liberal conservatism Civic nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | |
| http://republican-platform.org/ | |
Republican Platform (Ukrainian:Республіканська платформа,romanized: Respublikanska platforma) is apolitical party inUkraine. It was the first registeredpolitical party inUkraine, created on November 5, 1990[1] by the Ministry of Justice ofUkrSSR.[3] RP was founded earlier that year in place of theUkrainian Helsinki Group in April 1990.
November 1976 – Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of thisUkrainian Helsinki Group were subsequently repressed; four of them (V. Stus, Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps.
March 1988 – Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity, promoting the independence of Ukraine.
April 29–30, 1990 – Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of theUkrainian SSR as the first political party in Ukraine.
A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rivalUkrainian Conservative Republican Party (UKRP) led byStepan Khmara.[5]
In the1994 parliamentary elections the URP core party obtained nine seats initially, adding three more by the end of the year.
During the1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party was part (together withCongress of Ukrainian Nationalists &Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party) of the Election Bloc "National Front"[1] (Ukrainian:Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт») which won 2,71% of the national votes[1] and 6 (single-mandateconstituency) seats.[6][7] In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies.[6]
After being part of theNational Salvation Committee[8][9] the party became part of theYulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc alliance during theUkrainian 2002 parliamentary elections.[10][11] On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as theUkrainian Republican Party "Sobor".[12]
| Date | Event |
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| Spring 1999 | Creation of theAll-Ukrainian Union "Open Politics" (by members of thePeople's Democratic Party).The main goal of the Union was the consolidation of all national-democratic forces and patriotic forces for the sake of building the Ukrainian sovereign democratic state and opposition to the re-election of the PresidentLeonid D. Kuchma. The Chairman of the Union,Anatoliy Matviyenko.[13] |
| Summer 1999 | Statement on creation of a National Democratic Party was released on June 19 and signed by theForward, Ukraine!,Democratic Party of Ukraine,People Movement of Ukraine (Kostenko), All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics, Liberal-Democratic Party of Ukraine |
| Fall 1999 | Declaration on creation of the united party was signed on November 10 by the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics, parliamentary group of Liberal-Democratic Party of Ukraine, parliamentary faction ofDemocratic Party of Ukraine,Ukrainian Party Unity,Ukrainian Republican Party,Christian Democratic Union |
| Winter 1999 | Establishment ofUkrainian People's Party "Assembly" on December 25 (registration on March 9, 2000) based on the All-Ukrainian Union Open Politics |
| 1999 – 2000 | Along with theUkrainian Republican Party, "Assembly" initiates the anti-presidential protest actionUkraine without Kuchma |
| Summer 2001 | Establishment of "Forum of National Salvation"[14] (later known as theBloc of Yulia Tymoshenko)[8][9] based on Ukrainian People's Party "Assembly",Ukrainian Republican Party, Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party (later merged withChristian Democratic Union),Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party,All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland",Ukrainian Social Democratic Party |
| Spring 2002 | Participation in the2002 parliamentary election as part of theBloc of Yulia Tymoshenko.[1][10][11] On April 21 "Sobor" officially merged withUkrainian Republican Party of the same bloc into new partyUkrainian Republican Party "Sobor".[12] Into the new Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" was merged theUkrainian Christian Democratic Party.[15] |
| Fall 2004 | Support forViktor Yushchenko at the2004 Ukrainian presidential election. As part ofBloc of Yulia Tymoshenko andOur Ukraine created pre-election coalition "Power of People" in support ofViktor Yushchenko[16] |
| 2005 – 2006 | Conflict withLevko Lukyanenko and assuming full rights on the name of Ukrainian Republican Party; Participation in the2006 parliamentary election as part of theOur Ukraine[1] Levko Lukyanenko was forced to re-create the original Ukrainian Republican Party asUkrainian Republican Party of Levko Lukyanenko. Both parties claimed their heritage to the original Ukrainian Republican Party (URP). |
| Fall 2007 | Participation in the2007 parliamentary election as part of theOur Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc[1] |
| Fall 2008 | Political dialog with theEuropean Liberal Democrat and Reform Party |
| Winter 2011 | Name change to Ukrainian Platform Party[4] |
On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[17] In the election it did not win anyconstituencies (it had competed in 12 constituencies[18]) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[19]
In the2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the participated in 6 constituencies; but its candidates lost in all of them and thus the party won no parliamentary seats.[20][21]
In the2010 local elections the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all inWestern Ukraine.[22]
| Presidential since 2004 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
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| Year | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| 2004 | 15,115,712 | 51.99 | ||||||
| 2010 | 11,593,357 | 45.47 | ||||||
| Parliamentary since 2002 (year links to election page) | ||||||||
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| Year | Votes | % | Mandates | Notes | ||||
| 2002 | 1,882,087 | 7.26 | 22 | part ofYulia Tymoshenko Bloc | ||||
| 2006 | 3,539,140 | 13.95 | 81 | part ofOur Ukraine | ||||
| 2007 | 3,301,282 | 14.15 | 72 | part ofOur Ukraine | ||||
| 2012 | TBA | TBA | TBA | independently | ||||